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SRK Poses With Fans In Kashmir

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan recently jetted off to Kashmir to shoot for the next schedule of Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film ‘Dunki’.

Soon after SRK landed in Kashmir, his videos and pictures surfaced on social media.
Now, in a new viral picture, the actor could be seen posing with his fans in the cold weather.

In the picture, the ‘Don’ actor could be seen donning a black puffer jacket and matching cargo pants. He accessorized his look with black shades.

‘Dunki’ marks the first collaboration of the ‘Chak De India’ actor with director Rajkumar Hirani and actor Taapsee Pannu.

The official release date of the film is still awaited.

SRK is currently flying high over the grand success of his comeback film ‘Pathaan’.

Helmed by Siddharth Anand, the film was released in January and also starred Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in the lead roles.

‘Pathaan’ minted over Rs 500 crore at the box office.

Meanwhile, SRK will also be seen in director Atlee’s upcoming action thriller film ‘Jawan’ alongside south actors Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi.

‘Jawan’ is all set to hit the theatres on June 2, 2023.

If the reports are to be believed then team ‘Jawan’ will commence the promotions of the film mid-May. (ANI)

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K’taka: Modi To Hold Two Road Shows, 6 Public Meet This Weekend

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

In a major boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election campaign in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold two massive roadshows and six public meetings this weekend, sources said on Thursday.

The Prime Minister will visit Karnataka on April 29 and 30 and hold mega roadshows in Bengaluru on the first day.
“This roadshow will be of nearly 10 km in length in which three assembly constituencies of Bangalore North will be covered in nearly 45 minutes,” sources told ANI.

He will also address public meetings at various places in the state including in Kolar on April 30.

“The second public meeting is being organized at Channapatan in the afternoon, the third public meeting will be held in Belur at 5.00 pm. After this, a road show may be held in Mysore city also,” sources said.

According to sources, the mega roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start on April 29 at around 6 pm.

“The roadshow will be held from Nice Road Junction to Sumanahalli Junction on Magadi Road in Bengaluru. After this roadshow, he may stay in the city that night. He will hold public meetings in Humnabad, Vijayapura and Kudachi before holding a roadshow in Bengaluru on April 29,” sources said.

“On April 30, PM Modi will address public meetings organized in Kolar, Channapatna and Mysore districts. After this, on May 2, PM Narendra Modi will campaign in Chitradurga, Vijayanagar, Sindhanur and Kalaburagi. On May 3, he will campaign for BJP candidates in Moodbidire, Karwar and Kittur,” they added.

On the lines of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, the party has also decided to organize a mega roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly aiming to ensure victories of the party candidates.

Besides these roadshows, the BJP is likely to organise two or three additional roadshows in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had the biggest-ever roadshow in Ahmedabad during the Gujarat Assembly elections last year, which covered nearly 50 km spread across 19 assembly constituencies.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s challenge in Karnataka is to retain power, for which party president JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah have already started their election campaigns.

Notably, Karnataka is the only southern state where the BJP is in power.

“The Karnataka elections are also being considered as the semi-finals of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. That’s why BJP is showing more focus on Karnataka than any other state,” sources said.

The BJP is seeking a second term in the state and has exuded confidence in returning to power with a full majority.

Karnataka will go to polls on May 10 and the votes will be counted on May 13. (ANI)

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Ananya Exudes Barbie Vibes In Pink Dress

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

Actor Ananya Panday is an absolute fashionista. She never fails to impress the audience with her amazingly hot looks.

On Wednesday, the actor took to her Instagram account and shared a new string of pictures from her latest photoshoot which she captioned, “this Barbie is …,” followed by a red heart emoticon.

In the pictures, the ‘Liger’ actor could be seen posing in a pink one-shoulder dress. She kept her makeup heavy and turned her hair into a bun.

Ananya accessorized her look with long earrings.

Soon after she shared the pictures, fans swamped the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons.

“Beautiful as always,” a user wrote.

Another user commented, “This Barbie is an icon.”

“PRETTIEST BARBIE,” a user commented.

Talking about the work front, Ananya will be next seen in director Vikramaditya Motwane’s untitled cybercrime-thriller film.

Ecstatic about the project, Ananya had earlier said, “When Vikramaditya Motwane approached me with this story, I just knew I had to be part of it. As a filmmaker, he has been on my wish list for as long as I can remember and I feel really lucky to be working with him this early in my career.”

She also has Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’ opposite actors Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav and a comedy film ‘Dream Girl 2’ opposite Ayushmann Khurrana.

‘Dream Girl 2’ is all set to hit the theatres on August 25.

She will also be making her web series debut with Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Call me bae’. (ANI)

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Katrina Wishes Fans Good Morning With Beautiful Sunkissed Pics

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

Actor Katrina Kaif is a true Bollywood diva and she frequently treats her fans with her beautiful pictures on social media.

On Thursday, the actor took to her Instagram account and dropped a string of new sun-kissed pictures.
“Gd morning,” she captioned the post, followed by a sunflower emoticon.

In the pictures, Katrina could be seen flaunting her cute smile in a no-makeup look. She donned a white sweater over a beige top.

Soon after she dropped the pictures, fans flooded the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons.

Actor Dia Mirza commented, “Hi Gorgeous.”

“The most beautiful lady,” a fan wrote.

“Justttt stunning!!!! So so beautiful,” a fan commented.

A user wrote, “Vicky won at life.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Katrina was last seen in the horror comedy film ‘Phone Bhoot’ alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter. The film failed to impress the audience at the box office.

She will be next seen in the upcoming action-thriller film ‘Tiger 3’ opposite actor Salman Khan.

The film is all set to hit the theatres on the occasion of Diwali 2023.

Apart from that, she also has director Sriram Raghavan’s film ‘Merry Christmas’ opposite south actor Vijay Sethupathi and Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming film ‘Jee Le Zara’ along with Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra.

The film promises to be another tale of friendship following the lineage of ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’. (ANI)

297 More Indians Rescued From Sudan

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

As Operation Kaveri is underway, another batch of 297 Indians have been rescued from Sudan and have arrived at Jeddah by INS Teg, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday.

Muraleedharan along with other officials of the Indian Navy received the rescued Indians at Jeddah.

He tweeted, “#OperationKaveri continues in swift pace. Happy to receive 297 Indians at Jeddah carried by INS Teg. With this second ship and total six batches, around 1,100 Indians rescued from Sudan have arrived in Jeddah. Repatriation to India of those arriving today will commence shortly.”

After receiving Indian nationals at Jeddah harbour, Minister Muraleedharan also interacted with them and assured them of every possible help from the Government of India.

He said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has especially sent me here to welcome you all. For the last three days, I am here and it is good to see you coming back from Sudan.”

“I am here to convey PM Modi’s greetings to you all. He has said that wherever in the world, Indians are troubled, it is the responsibility of the Government of India to save them,” he added.

“You have undergone a lot of difficulties coming back from a strife-torn area but now the Indian navy has taken care of you,” Muraleedharan told the Indian nationals.

Vipin Harilal Mehta, who was among the rescued Indians, “We were stranded in the place where conflict had broken out. We reached Port Sudan by bus and as we reached there we came to know that under the leadership of PM Modi, Operation Kaveri is being carried out to save us.”

Thanking the Indian Navy, Mehta added, “The real heroes, Indian defence personnel saved us and we did not face any problems. We have now reached Jeddah, from where we will go to our home. We are grateful towards our Prime Minister.”

The auditorium, where the rescued Indians waited for further assistance, echoed with slogans praising Indian Navy.

As ceasefires have been called in Sudan, the Government of India is carrying out Operation Kaveri to rescue the stranded Indians from the conflict-hit Northeast African country. A total of around 1,100 Indians have been rescued so far. (ANI)

Indian Army Raising New Units To Counter China, Pak In Cyber Warfare

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

Amid the rising activities of adversaries China and Pakistan in the online domain to target India, the Indian Army has operationalised new specialist units to counter these threats and challenges under its cyber warfare initiatives.

The decision was taken during the Army Commanders Conference held in the third week of this month headed by Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande.
“To safeguard the communication networks and increase preparedness levels in this niche domain, Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSW) are being raised in Indian Army,” government sources said here.

They said that Cyberspace has emerged as an important component of the military domain both in grey zone warfare as well as conventional operations,” they said.

Highlighting the importance and requirement of such specialist units, the sources said the expansion of cyber warfare capabilities by our adversaries has made the cyber domain more competitive and contested than ever before.

“The Indian Army today is rapidly migrating towards net centricity, which entails an increased reliance on modern communication systems at all levels,” they said.

Specifying the role of these new units, the sources said: “These organizations will assist the formations to undertake the mandated cyber security functions to strengthen the cyber security posture of the Indian Army.”

In the last few years, the Army has taken multiple steps to counter the aggression of adversaries in the form of virtual honey trapping and hacking.

The Defence Cyber Agency is working at the tri-services level to deal with these issues. (ANI)

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AAP Contesting UP Municipal Polls For Entertainment: Radha Mohan Singh

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

Former union minister and BJP leader Radha Mohan Singh took a jibe at Aam Aadmi Party’s plan to contest upcoming municipal elections in Uttar Pradesh said AAP is contesting elections for entertainment purposes only.

“Arvind Kejriwal’s party earlier contested assembly elections and now contesting municipal elections for entertainment only. The public is smart and won’t waste their vote,” said the minister.
Radha Mohan Singh has reached Moradabad in regard to civic body polls and held a meeting with the workers. Praising the BJP candidate contesting for polls, Singh said, “Vinod and the whole of his family are involved in social works and people are showing full support, I hope BJP will be winning the mayor’s seat as well.”

Earlier, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came down heavily on the previous governments for the “mafia raj” in the state.

Addressing public meetings in three districts on the day, CM Adityanath talked up the benefits of the “double-engine government” in the state before the people.

Amid the continuing backlash from the Opposition over the prevailing law and order situation in the wake of the killing of jailed politician-turned-gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, the CM said there was not a single instance of riot or curfew in the state on his watch and all was well with UP.

Tearing into the erstwhile “mafia raj” in the state, the CM said there is no one left now to shed tears for hardened criminals. “The mafia raj in Uttar Pradesh is now consigned to history,” CM Adityanath said, urging the public to vote for a “triple-engine government” to give more thrust to the state’s development.

He added that the same would happen only if the people resolve to help the BJP take control of the state’s municipal bodies. The CM kicked off the wave of rallies from Maharaj Singh Degree College ground on Janta Road in Saharanpur.

“Today, there is no curfew and no riots in UP. Everything is fine,” the CM said, adding that extortions and abductions for ransom no longer take place in the state and UP had ceased to be a “family’s personal fief”. “Mafias and criminals have become a thing of the past in UP,” the CM added.

“The UP of today stands as a symbol of security, prosperity and employment,” Adityanath said, adding, “Our state is no longer known for curfews but for the Kanwar Yatra. Our identity is not violence but to set aside our differences and celebrate all festivals together. This is not a land of the mafia but of festivals. Now it is up to us to decide whether there should be terror in our cities or should we make them safe. Do we want to see pistols in the hands of our youth or tablets?”

He added that there was a time when mafias and gangsters would threaten people but now all such elements have vanished and there is no one to shed tears for them. “I don’t know where the extortionists have gone. Those who imposed curfews during their rule would come asking for votes from you. Do not pay attention to them,” the CM said.

The first phase of polling will be held on May 4 for municipal corporation seats including among others PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s home constituency Gorakhpur. (ANI)

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9,355 New Covid Cases In Last 24 Hours

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

India recorded 9,355 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours and the active caseload now stands at 57,410, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

9,629 new cases of the infection were reported on Wednesday, April 26.
The national capital on Wednesday registered 1,040 fresh cases and seven deaths due to Covid-19

The country’s active caseload stands at 0.13 per cent, which was 0.14 per cent on Wednesday.

According to the Health Ministry, 4,358 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours while the recovery rate currently stands at 98.69 per cent.

“220.66 cr Total Vaccine doses (95.21 cr Second Dose and 22.87 cr Precaution Dose) have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive. 4,358 doses administered in the last 24 hours and recovery rate is currently at 98.69 per cent,” said the Health Ministry.

Presently the total recovery stands at 12,932 in the last 24 hours increasing the total recoveries to 4,43,35,977. On Tuesday the recoveries were 9, 2123 increasing it to 4,43,11,078.

“The daily positivity rate stands at 4.08 per cent, weekly Positivity Rate is 5.36 per cent.

92.60 cr total tests were conducted so far and 2,29,175 tests conducted in the last 24 hours,” stated the Ministry.

According to the bulletin, the number of active cases in the national capital on Thursday stood at 4,708, and of these, 305 patients are currently undergoing treatment in hospitals.

Amid the rising Covid cases, medical experts warned earlier that the new XBB1.16 variant is capable of defeating the immune systems.

Amidst a gradual spike in Covid-19 cases in several states, mock drills were undertaken on April 10 and 11 in a total of 33,685 health facilities, including 28,050 government facilities and 5,635 private health facilities. (ANI)

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BJP Preparing Young Team To Lead K’taka’s Development Journey: Modi

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

With an aim to give the leadership of the state’s development to the young generation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is preparing a “young team” in Karnataka who will lead the state’s progress journey in the next 25 years contributing to the vision of developed India.

The Prime Minister’s remarks came while interacting with the Karnataka BJP workers virtually.
Notably, the BJP gave chances to over 50 new faces in its list of 224 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, resulting in the denial of tickets to some senior leaders of the party including Jagadish Shettar, Laxman Savadi and others who ultimately quit the party and joined the Congress to get the ticket.

PM Modi, during his interaction with the BJP workers, highlighted the difference between the BJP and other parties.

“The biggest difference between the BJP and other parties is of approach. The BJP is working on the roadmap of development of India in the next 25 years. Our rivals’ agenda is to grab power, our agenda is to make the country developed in 25 years and make it free from poverty and promote the youth’s capabilities. The BJP is making a young team in Karnataka to give leadership to the development journey of the state in the next 25 years. It is our effort to make numerous global hubs in Karnataka like Bengaluru,” he said.

Responding to a question on the meaning of ‘double-engine government’ by a party worker, the Prime Minister said that it refers to the fast pace of development.

“The meaning of double-engine government is the double speed of development. Where there are BJP’s double-engine governments, it has been an experience that the poor welfare schemes are implemented with pace. There are some states which change the name of the schemes,” he said.

PM Modi said that he will physically visit Karnataka to join the BJP’s election campaign in a few days.

“I will visit Karnataka in a couple of days to receive the blessings of the people of the state. BJP leaders who have campaigned in the state have said that they received a lot of affection from the people there. This shows people’s confidence in BJP,” he said.

Karnataka is slated to go to Assembly polls on May 10, and the counting of votes will take place on May 13. (ANI)

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TV Debates In America Are Rigged: Ex-Fox News Host Carlson

By LokMarg 27th April 2023

After agreeing to part ways from America-based news channel Fox News, former host Tucker Carlson has made some crucial allegations on the American Media and their TV debates.

Carlson released a video message on Twitter and alleged that debates on the topics like War, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, and natural resources are not permitted in American media.
He alleged that both political parties and their donors have reached a consensus on what benefits them. “And they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it,” he added.

“War, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources. When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? It’s been a long time,” he said in his video message on Twitter.

He said the United States suddenly looks like a one-party state. He said that the realization is depressing but not permanent.

He said nobody actually believes them (TV Debators). “Hardly anyone’s life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue. And so it won’t (continue). The people in charge know this. That’s why they’re hysterical and aggressive. They’re afraid. They’ve given up persuasion. They’re resorting to force. But it won’t work. When honest people say what’s true calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful,” he said.

“The other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. They’re completely irrelevant. They mean nothing,” he said.

He said that in five years, no one would even remember that we had them.

“Trust me, as someone who’s participated. And yet, at the same time and this is the amazing thing the undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future get virtually no discussion at all,” he added.

“At the same time, the liars who’ve been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker. That’s the iron law of the universe. True things prevail. Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left. But there are some, and that’s enough,” he said.

“As long as you can hear the words, there is hope. See you soon,” he signed off saying. (ANI)

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